It seems likely that Andew Mountbatten-Windsor will end up paying a price for whatever evil he may have got up to with Jeffrey Eppstein.
So far, the only person who has been sent to a long term of imprisonment is Ghislaine Maxwell.
Which (on the evidence) is exactly what she deserves.
As one recent commentator remarked: ‘Eppstein built the network (of trafficked under-age girls) but Maxwell ran it.’
The result is that she is called into innumerable hearings—either to answer addition questions raised by the latest dump of Eppstein documents, or because her lawyers keep inventing new ways for her to appeal her sentencing.
On the subject of these Eppstein documents Maxwell responded to one burst of questions with an odd word.
The TMZ news website reported as follows: ‘Ghislaine [Maxwell] responds with, “Stop it. My jealous quodlibet (look it up in the dictionary if you have not used this word before) is already full”.’
Well, I did look it up in the dictionary (that is, after all, my job when words like this surface!) and I found this definition in the full Oxford English Dictionary: a ‘quodlibet’ (pronounced KWOD-luh-bet) means ‘academic disputation.’
Eh? How can that apply to anything this odious Ghislaine Maxwell has ever had to say?
‘Quodlibet’ comes from the post-classical Latin word quodlibetum meaning an academic exercise in which a master would discuss questions on any subject, which could be posed by any member of the audience.
Surely this woman doesn’t see herself as any sort of academic master?
The linguists at the Merriam-Webster Dictionary comment: ‘Quodlibet can also refer to a whimsical combination of familiar melodies or texts. The word traces back to the Latin quodlibet, neuter form of quilibet, “any whatever,” from qui “who, what” + libet “it pleases.”
As the TMZ article notes, it is unclear how Maxwell was using the word.
One website tells me that ‘One enduring aspect of the quodlibet tradition is its association with intellectual playfulness—engaging the audience through wit, surprise, and layered meaning.’
So did she think she was joking?
Mind you, the good news is that this woman has very little to joke about these days!
Tonight, I'll join John Stanley on 2GB, 4BC, 2CC and the Nine Radio Network for 'The Word Clinic' -- right after the 10pm news (9pm in Queensland). This is your opportunity to join us and ask any question or make any comment on words or language that you wish. You can either call or text to take part. Join us tonight!
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